Quotes About Narratives

Stories never live alone; They are the branches of a family that we have to trace back, and forward.

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.

Fate, destiny, karma, miracles, they're all intangibles in the invisible energies of the world/universe, yet their narratives, stories and conclusions are as visible as the ways they've been written, lived and ultimately shaped our life.

I think that one person's story is always part of other people's stories.

Even the dead tell stories.

If we are lucky, we gradually gain an appreciation for how destruction can give rise to unprecedented forms of vitality, how our capacity to survive distress leaves behind a smoldering residue that we can draw on to constitute empowering life narratives. Although the process of living is perhaps inherently damaging, we can learn to make use of this damage—the same way that we can learn to make use of accidents—to generate more vigorous forms of life.

Whenever men appeared in breast stories, they were usually on the receiving, rather than the giving end.

So much longing. So many lives filled with longing. It's what stories? all our stories? are made of. And what is longing made of except hope?

We are all anthologies. We are each thousands of pages long, filled with fairy tales and poetry, mysteries and tragedy, forgotten stories in the back no one will ever read.

Jesus on the cross is best understood as suffering, again, an imperial execution.[6] When interpreted as that kind of death—a torture-death—the narrated stories of Jesus become ones about vulnerability amidst and challenge to the powers that visit imperial terror on subjugated peoples.

I have stories to tell. I have no theories, no advice, just stories.

The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

They are sceptical towards the claims of grand social theories or narratives, whether Marxist, liberal or Christian. There are no universal truths. They were used in the past to legitimate the power of those who know and deny power to those who do not know, and so should be criticised ('deconstructed').

a little exaggeration was always expected when describing weapons, victories, and body parts.

For many game players, games exist for entertainment, for passing the time, for fun. They are a diversionary activity, meant for relaxation or distraction—a "not- work" space where players are free to engage in fantasy narratives, amazing feats, and rewarding tasks. But what if certain games have become something more?

We become the stories we listen to. But perhaps the more important question is, what stories do you listen to? What stories are forming your life?

I've got lots more stories to tell.

Memoirists are our contemporary mythmakers.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

There are no boring stories. Only a failure to truly listen.

Te he visto una vez al mes durante dos años, y no era el único que contaba historias; lo único que pasa es que era el que usaba más palabras

Nas ondas estão escritas mil estórias, dessas de embalar as crianças do inteiro mundo.

and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of ourselves and the world are all-powerful.

stories people tell about climate change don't have much to do with science.